Rail joint



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BAIL JOINT,

Application filed January 11, 1923.

1 0 all w/wm may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD E. AUGUST, a citizen of British Honduras, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail joints and particularly to connecting devices for the meeting ends of railway rails.

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character wherein the splice bar or fish-plate is constructed and arranged to cooperate with the bolts of the joint, to firmly draw the plates against the webs of the rail ends and to wedgingly engage with the bolts.

Another object is to provide a device of a this character wherein the use of nuts is 0bviated.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view through a rail joint made in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is perspective view of the fishplate removed from the rails, and showing the bolt receiving recesses and the wedge shoulders.

Figure 4 is a vertical longitudinal sec tional view on the line 4.& of Figure 1.

Referring particularly tothe accompanying drawing, 10 and 11 represen the meeting ends of two railway rails through the web of each of which are formed the bolt openings 12. Disposed against opposite faces of the webs are the splice bars or fishplates 13 and 14, and threadedly engaged in the rail engaging face of the plate 13 are Serial No. 612,097.

the stud bolts 15, which bolts are disposed through the openings 12, of the webs of the rails 10 and 11. The outer ends of these stud bolts are formed with the flat-neck portions, resulting in the heads 16, the said necks being indicated at 17.

In the face of the plate ll which engages with the other faces of the rail webs, there are formed the series of openings 18, the number of said openings being equal to the number of the stud bolts, and each arranged to receive the head and neck of a bolt. Formed horizontally in the plate 14:, and extending from correspending sides of the openings 18, are the slots 19. The openings 18 extend inwardly of the face of the plate and laterally behind the slots 19, to form elongated recesses in which the heads of the bolts are arranged to slide, the necks passing into the said slot-s. Above and below each of the slots 19 are the inwardly directed horizontal shoulders 20, the inner vertical faces of which are inclined longitudinally of the shoulder and inwardly toward the rear wall of the recess, said shoulders being arranged to engage with the rear faces of the heads of the bolts to draw the plates firmly against the rails, as the plate 1% is moved longitudinally of the rails.

Threaded through one end of the plate 1 1, and entering the adjacent endmost recess, is a bolt or screw 21, theinner end of which is arranged to bear against the head of the bolt therein, whereby upon turning the screw in one direction the plate 14: will be drawn longitudinally of the rails, producing the sliding and wedging contact between the bolt heads and the inclined shoulders, with the result that the plates 13 and 1-1 will be drawn tightly against the webs of the rails.

What is claimed is:

In a rail joint, the combination with rails having transverse openings therein and bolts disposed through said openings and each having a head on one end and the other end threaded, of plates disposed at opposite sides of the rail webs, one of the plates having slots formed in its inner face for the reception of the headed ends of the bolts, means within the slots for engagement with the heads of the bolts for drawing the plate transversely of the rails, the other plate having threaded openings receiving the threaded ends of the bolts, means engaged through one end of the first plate and engaged with one of the bolts for moving the plate transversely of the bolts, and downwardly and inwardly extended flanges on the lower edges of the plates disposed beneath the base flanges of the rails.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD E. AUGUST. Witnesses:

J OHASEN OCONNORI HARRY SHELBY. 

